Objectives Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a new data collection methodology used
to estimate characteristics of hard-to-reach groups, such as the HIV prevalence in drug …

The increase in treatment coverage (mean is at 63%) resulted in modifications of HIV/AIDS
epidemiology. New strategies to seek, test and link key populations to care are urgently …

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a widely used method for sampling from hard-to-
reach human populations, especially populations at higher risk for human immunodeficiency …

Psychosocial research on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer
(LGBTIQ+) populations from Latin America is relatively recent. Initially, research focused …

Background: Female sex workers (FSW) bear a high burden of sexually transmitted
infections (STI). In this paper, we estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus …

Reporting key details of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) survey implementation and
analysis is essential for assessing the quality of RDS surveys. RDS is both a recruitment and …

Abstract Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is a region with similarities and important
disparities. In recent years LAC has witnessed achievements, with HIV prevalence rates …

Alternatives to convenience sampling (CS) are needed for HIV/STI surveillance of most-at-
risk populations in Latin America. We compared CS, time space sampling (TSS), and …

We evaluate the effectiveness in empirical migration research of the respondent-driven
sampling (RDS) and the quota sampling with regard to four criteria: quality of the data; …

Respondent-driven sampling is a commonly used method for sampling from hard-to-reach
human populations connected by an underlying social network of relations. Beginning with a …